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bye bye clio

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alginon

Car  CLIO 172 Mrk2
after 5 long years with mrk 2 172 traded it in for fabia vrs se
 

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Enjoy the vrs mate. Bit different from a 172 but supposed to be a good car all the same.
 
Slam it on Octavia wheels ftw!

Guessing he got it to save money? Seats are nasty apart from that not bad cars after a bit of tinkering with.
 
Nice cars my wife came from a VRS to a 182.

Still think about going back. All that torque suits her driving style more. Shange up early & surf that torque.

There isn't that much difference in running cost to be fair. Economys a bit better but diesel is more expensive. Her fuel computer was hopelessly optomitic and said 60mpg but it was more like 50 mpg. And she now gets 40 mpg in 182.

Leather easier to keep clean compared with normal VRS seats. Blue looks good but never been to sure about tinted rear windows.

Like said above get it lowered and get som Octavia wheels (painted black) on it and I will be drooling.
 
Fabia VRS is a great car by all accounts. I'd own one if i was a little older and had the petrol hot hatch stage behind me.
 
Personally couldn't think of anything worse than owning a Skoda. A neighbour has two Fabia VRS's and they don't do anything for me.
 
well ok, 02 57,000 172 things would start to go wrong so a change was required
+ points
£120 year road tax
£200-300 for fully comp
50+ mpg
better build quality
and looks ok
 
I had one, suited me at the time - 19, cheap tax/insurance and diesel wasnt expensive then. Felt bloody rapid after a 1.2 Punto. Even so, they never will be as fun as an equivalent petrol (even after a remap) and next to the likes of a 182, they look a bit boring (even after lowering, better wheels lol!).

Enjoy it though
 
Good cars, just slightly slower than a 182 in a straight line. Not too smart around the corners though and suffer from terrible brake fade.
 
i've had my fun with the clio yep it was fast and nimble but
problems were'nt far away
i think smart move a bit fun factor and cheaper
will miss it
build quality very good and leather seats are brill
ticks all the boxes
 
Good luck with it, ignore the badge snobbery, Skoda's are solid cars (VAG remember!)
My dads got a Octavia, never a problem with it.
 
Impressive torque-my mate has the ibiza cupra. Looks wise, could be a little sportier/lower-those plastic trims down the sides look f**king terrible!
 
deffinatly not a downgrade in nowadays ,i went to a ibiza cupra and they are very very torqy clios still mak me want one
 
nice car, ive just switched from a Clio (mk1 valver) to a vRS and i love the low down torque !
 
Cheap cars for what you get imo.
Certainly not as bad as some people say.
Ive got an Octy VRS have had it for just over a year, much more fun than my clio ever was tbh!.
 
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